diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
index 2f535277b..78204d9b7 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
@@ -194,4 +194,5 @@ v 2.0:
 	- Stop using the YamlConfiguration in bukkit for our config handling. We can now support periods in world names.
 	- Fix GlobalGroups not loading permission nodes.
 	- Fix an error with Logging set to 'OFF' triggering a cast exception.
-	- No more null errors from corrupt config.yml's.
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+	- No more null errors from corrupt config.yml's.
+	- Give a better error when a subgroup is null.
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diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/dataholder/WorldDataHolder.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/dataholder/WorldDataHolder.java
index 3df3271a3..aad59e5aa 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/dataholder/WorldDataHolder.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/dataholder/WorldDataHolder.java
@@ -861,11 +861,15 @@ public class WorldDataHolder {
 					 */
 				} else if (nodeData instanceof List) {
 					for (Object o : ((List) nodeData)) {
-						Group subGrp = ph.getGroup(o.toString());
-						if (subGrp != null) {
-							thisUser.addSubGroup(subGrp);
+						if (o == null) {
+							GroupManager.logger.warning("Invalid Subgroup data for user: " + thisUser.getName() + ". Ignoring entry in file: " + usersFile.getPath());
 						} else {
-							GroupManager.logger.warning("Subgroup '" + o.toString() + "' not found for user: " + thisUser.getName() + ". Ignoring entry in file: " + usersFile.getPath());
+							Group subGrp = ph.getGroup(o.toString());
+							if (subGrp != null) {
+								thisUser.addSubGroup(subGrp);
+							} else {
+								GroupManager.logger.warning("Subgroup '" + o.toString() + "' not found for user: " + thisUser.getName() + ". Ignoring entry in file: " + usersFile.getPath());
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				} else if (nodeData instanceof String) {